Zunyi

Zunyi 遵义市 Tsunyi, Tsun-i
Prefecture-level city
From top, left to right: Minzhu Road, Beijing Road, Zunyi Station, Fenghuangshan Square
Location of Zunyi City jurisdiction in Guizhou
Zunyi Location of the city center in Guizhou Show map of Guizhou Zunyi Zunyi (Southwest China) Show map of Southwest China Zunyi Zunyi (China) Show map of China
Coordinates (Huichuan Sports Park (汇川体育公园)): 27°42′48″N 106°55′12″E / 27.7134°N 106.9201°E / 27.7134; 106.9201
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Guizhou
Municipal seat	Honghuagang District
Government
• Party Secretary	Wei Shuwang[1]
• Mayor	Huang Wei[2]
Area
• Prefecture-level city	30,763 km2 (11,878 sq mi)
• Urban	1,304 km2 (503 sq mi)
• Metro	1,304 km2 (503 sq mi)
Elevation	865 m (2,838 ft)
Population  (2020 census)[3]
• Prefecture-level city	6,606,675
• Density	210/km2 (560/sq mi)
• Urban	2,360,549
• Urban density	1,800/km2 (4,700/sq mi)
• Metro	2,360,549
• Metro density	1,800/km2 (4,700/sq mi)
GDP[4]
• Prefecture-level city	CN¥ 372 billion US$ 53.9 billion
• Per capita	CN¥ 56,334 US$ 8,167
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code	563000
Area code	0851
ISO 3166 code	CN-GZ-03
Licence plate prefixes	贵C
Website	www.zunyi.gov.cn

Zunyi (simplified Chinese: 遵义; traditional Chinese: 遵義; pinyin: Zūnyì) is a prefecture-level city in northern Guizhou province, People's Republic of China, situated between the provincial capital Guiyang to the south and Chongqing to the north, also bordering Sichuan to the northwest. Along with Guiyang and Liupanshui, it is one of the most important cities of the province. The metro area is made of three urban districts of the city, Huichuan, Honghuagang, and Bozhou, had a population of 2,360,549 people; and the whole prefecture, including 14 county-level administration area as a whole, had a population of 6,606,675 at the 2020 census.

Zunyi is known for being the location of the Zunyi Conference in 1935, where Mao Zedong was first elected to the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party during the Long March.^[5]